World Intellectual Property Organization

UN: Illegal Music Sharers Should Not Be Jailed

Reuters | Posted 11.13.2009 | Technology


The heavy punishment of illegal file sharers on the web will be counter-productive in the global fight against Internet piracy and copyright infringem...

Glenn Beck Loses Claim Against Creator Of Web Site
Glennbeckrapedandmurderedayounggirlin1990.com

Posted 11.11.2009 | Media


A web site mocking Glenn Beck's integrity has won a claim brought against it by the Fox News commentator accusing the site of violating trademark righ...

Facebook.ir: UN Orders Iranian Man To Hand Over Web Address

AP | Posted 08.28.2009 | World


GENEVA — Social networking site Facebook has won control of a Web address using its name and the country suffix .ir for Iran. The U.N.'s World ...

Obama Joins Group to Block Treaty for Blind and Other Reading Disabilities

James Love | Posted 06.28.2009 | Business


James Love

The number of accessible works is very small everywhere. However, in developing countries, the collections are super small, and access to works in languages other than English is practically non-existent.